Diversity Solutions

Looking for ways to meet your diversity spending objective? Think paper.

 

You’re committed to your company’s supplier diversity program. And you’re willing to do the research it takes to find Minority-Owned Business Enterprise (MBE) solutions that meet your company’s needs.  What if, in fact, with one product, from one trusted source, you could find an easier way to meet your diversity spending objective?  Think paper.

Paper’s important. So important, it accounts for one of the largest chunks of your office supplies budget.
A solution from International Paper. Brought to you by American Product Distributor. International Paper Multipurpose 20# Paper is the MBE choice. This 20-lb. paper is perfect for all your office equipment. It’s guaranteed to run on high-speed copiers, inkjet printers, laser printers, fax machines and offset presses that use plain paper. Just right for internal documents, forms, manuals, reports, copies and more. 

But you’re not willing to switch to just any paper overnight. But then International Paper is not just any paper manufacturer. It’s one of the largest, most respected paper companies in the world. In fact, International Paper was recently named, for the second consecutive year, Fortune magazine’s Most Admired Forest and Paper Products Company. What’s more, because International Paper is committed to business diversity, it is a member of the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC).

To bring you a diverse solution, International Paper teamed with American Product Distributors (APD), a respected, minority-owned reseller and distributor of office supplies and business imaging suppliers.

If you switch to a different paper, won’t your office notice? Perhaps. And your colleagues might thank you. International Paper was determined to offer a solid MBE paper solution. So you can feel confident that this multipurpose office paper will meet quality standards. After all, International Paper put its name on it.

American Product Distributors
American Product Distributors brings this solution to you. APD is among a select group of companies to earn the prestigious Corporate Plus designation by the NMSCD, so they have proven capacity to handle national supplier diversity contracts. In fact, APD works with Fortune 500 clients nationwide to source, warehouse and distribute MBE office solutions.

From program development, including customization of a procurement agreement to ensure Tier 1 legitimacy—to invoicing with strict reporting details, APD makes it easy for clients to do business with them.

International Paper is proud to put APD on the label. American Product Distributors established the APD Foundation and the APD Minority Economic Development Program. Each program works to create jobs, build wealth and establish active minority participation in the economic system in communicates throughout the country.

One product, one trusted source. International Paper offers you an easy and outstanding solution for meeting your diversity spending objectives.